LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Monday said the “unelected” military authorities in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso were letting their people down with their joint decision to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Nigeria, which is the current chair of the political and economic bloc, was commenting for the first time on…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over when the nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the bloc and accused it of a lack of support and “inhumane” coup-related sanctions. In their joint statement on Sunday, the juntas of Niger, Mali and…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This was the day that President Joe Biden and his team had feared for more than three months, the day that relatively low-level attacks by Iranian proxy groups on U.S. troops in the Middle East turned deadly and intensified the pressure on the president to respond in kind. With three U.S. service…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Sunday announced their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit — the world’s premier annual gathering of religious freedom advocates and activists — will feature an on-site exhibit of artwork from two globally-renowned artists, Hannah Rose Thomas and Uğur Gallenkuş. Acclaimed British artist Hannah Rose Thomas, who uses techniques of traditional sacred art to…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian college student is believed to have fallen to his death from the 16th floor of a condominium in Batu Uban, Gelugor, last night while attempting to escape a police raid. The incident occurred around 6pm when the 37-year-old man’s residence was raided by Penang police’s narcotics criminal investigation department, Berita…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Moscow has accused Ukraine’s military of shooting down a plane, which it says was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war The plane came down near the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border “On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported for exchange, six crew members and three…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in a long war against Islamist insurgents. Blinken also discussed challenges to democracy and security in the region during his…
